NCERT INDIAN HISTORY MOCK TEST 3

🟥 QUESTIONS : 25

🟥 TIME : 20 MINS

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1) Consider the following statements:

1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern.

2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.

3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

A) 1 and 2

B) 2 and 3

C) 1 and 3

D) 1, 2 and 3

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2) Who among the following repealed the Vernacular Press Act?

A) Lord Lord Ripon

B) Lord Dufferin

C) Lord Curzon

D) Lord Hardinge

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3) Consider the following statements:

1. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar founded the Bethune School at Calcutta with the main aim of encouraging education for women.

2. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the first graduate of the Calcutta University .

3. Keshav Chandra Sen's campaign against Sati led to the enactment of a law to ban Sati by the Governor General.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A) 1 only

B) 1 and 2

C) 2 and 3

D) 1, 2 and 3

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4) Which one of the following territories was not affected by the Revolt of 1857 ?

A) Jhansi

B) Chittor

C) Jagdishpur

D) Lucknow

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5) Which one of the following places did Kunwar Singh, a prominent leader of the Revolt of 1857 belong to ?

A) Bihar

B) Madhya Pradesh

C) Rajasthan

D) Uttar Pradesh

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6) Consider the following statements:

1. In the Third Battle of Panipat, Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Ibrahim Lodi

2. Tipu Sultan was killed in the Third Anglo-Mysore War

3. Mir Jafar entered in a conspiracy with the English for the defeat of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah in the Battle of Plassey

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A) 1, 2 and 3

B) 3 only

C) 2 and 3

D) None

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7) Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A) Pitt's India Act : Warren Hastings

B) Doctrine of Lapse : Dalhousie

C) Vernacular Press Act : Curzon

D) Ilbert Bill : Ripon

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8) In India, the first Bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881 was:

A) Hindustan Commercial Bank

B) Oudh Commercial Bank

C) Punjab National Bank

D) Punjab and Sind Bank

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9) With reference to colonial rule in India, what was sought by the Ilbert Bill in 1883?

A) To bring Indians and Europeans at par as far as the criminal jurisdiction of courts was concerned

B) To impose severe restrictions on the freedom of the native press as it was perceived to be hostile to colonial rulers

C) To encourage the native Indians to appear for civil service examinations by conducting them in India

D) To allow native Indians to posses arms by amending the Arms Act

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10) Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) Ali Mardan Khan introduced the system of revenue farming in Bengal

B) Maharaja Ranjit Singh set up modern foundries to manufacture cannons at Lahore

C) Sawai Jai Singh of Amber had Euclid's Elements of Geometry' translated into Sanskrit

D) Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction of the idol of Goddess Sharda in the Shringeri temple

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11) The aim of education as stated by the Wood's Despatch of 1854 was:

A) the creation of employment opportunities for native Indians

B) the spread of western culture in India

C) the promotion of literacy among the people using English medium

D) the introduction of scientific research and rationalism in the traditional Indian education

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12) In India, among the following locations, the Dutch established their earliest factory at:

A) Surat

B) Pulicat

C) Cochin

D) Cassimbazar

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13) With reference to the entry of European powers into India, which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) The Portuguese captured Goa in 1499

B) The English opened their first factory in South India at Masulipatam

C) In Eastern India, the English Company opened its first factory in Orissa in 1633

D) Under the leadership of Dupleix, the French occupied Madras in 1746

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14) During the colonial period in India, what was the purpose of the Whitley Commission?

A) To review the fitness of India for further political reforms

B) To report on existing conditions of labour and to make recommendations

C) To draw up a plan for financial reforms for India

D) To develop a comprehensive scheme for Civil Services in India

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15) Which one of the following Acts of British India strengthened the Viceroy's authority over his Executive Council by substituting "Portfolio" or departmental system for corporate functioning?

A) Indian Council Act, 1861

B) Government of India Act, 1858

C) Indian Council Act, 1892

D) Indian Council Act, 1909

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16) With which one of the following mountain tribes did the British first come into contact with after the grant of Diwani in the year 1765?

A) Garos

B) Khasis

C) Kukis

D) Tipperahs

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17) Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India's direct representation in the British parliament?

A) The Deccan Association

B) The Indian association

C) The Madras Mahajan Sabha

D) The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha

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18) Who amongst the following Englishmen, first translated Bhagavad-Gita into English?

A) William Jones

B) Charles Wilkins

C) Alexander Cunningham

D) John Marshall

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19) Under the Permanent Settlement, 1893, the Zamindars are required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was:

A) the Zamindars were trusted by the farmers

B) there was no officials check upon the Zamindars

C) it was the responsibility of the British government

D) the farmers were not interested in getting pattas

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20) Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

A) India's first technicolour film –Jhansi ki Rani

B) India's first 3-D film – My dear Kuttichathan

C) India's first insured film –Taal

D) India's first actress to win the Bharat Ratna– Meena Kumari

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21) Who among the following Indian rulers established embassies in foreign countries on modern lines?

A) Haider Ali

B) Mir Qasim

C) Shah Alam II

D) Tipu Sultan

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22) Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

A) Goa attained full statehood in 1987

B) Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat

C) Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India

D) Dadra and Nagar Haveli were under French colonial rule till 1954

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23) The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of :

A) Dufferin

B) Dalhousie

C) Lytton

D) Curzon

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24) Consider the following events:

1. Indigo Revolt

2. Santhal Rebellion

3. Deccan Riot

4. Mutiny of the Sepoys

The correct chronological sequence of these events is:

A) 4, 2, 1, 3

B) 4, 2, 3, 1

C) 2, 4, 3, 1

D) 2, 4, 1, 3

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25) Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) 'Neel Darpan' was a play based on the exploitation of the Indigo farmers

B) The author of the play 'Ghashiram Kotwal's is Vijay Tendulkar

C) The play 'Navann' by Nabin Chandra Das was based on the famine of Bengal

D) Urdu theatre used to depend heavily on Parsi theatre

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